My name is Humphrey Sanders, part of Fleet Management here at the Bamburgh Company, as I'm sure you're well aware by now, given our past business. I have an odd request for you, if you'd be able to fulfil it.
As I'm sure you have seen the news from Bretonia, we recently lost one of our liners to an avoidable incident concerning the Hounslow Debris Field, as such we have pledged to clear the bloody thing ourselves. While we are skilled in engineering, we currently lack any large salvaging equipment, so I'd like to enquire whether you currently have any Edison AM-333 "Hegemon" class vessels that would be available for purchase by ourselves.
The vessel can be in any state, as long as it can transport itself to Bretonia for necessary conversions to fit the role we intend to use it for.
If you could forward any vessel details and a price list, if you are able, directly to me, that would be very helpful.
My name is Aria Hull, Assistant Director for Sales here on Bristol Bay Station.
My condolences for the loss of your liner. Bretonia as it stands today has a large number of debris fields from the war, the Hounslow among them, which pose a grave risk towards normal commerce. I believe the Bristol Board has looked with some degree of interest in those contracts, as ALG and BMM have proven themselves inadequate on their own to the task of making New London safe, but in my personal opinion far too many things are occurring at once near our operations for the company to look so far abroad.
However all said, your request is certainly an interesting one, Mr Sanders; I haven’t heard of such vessels being retrofitted to the task before. Personally, I would recommend against the usage of the Edison AM-333 "Hegemon" in the role of salvage or, even, in simply the role of clearing out the trade lanes for safe travel. It’s a large, heavy vessel suited towards sedentary asteroid mining. The lack of shields would place it at risk, should any wreckage have munitions or fuel onboard combust and damage the propulsion systems, and though the armor is able to withstand the radiation I expect you’ll find I would not want to experience such things without any form of shields. The AM-333 frame would, however, provide ample space for any and all necessary modifications, and would be large enough to mount heavy arms for the job.
Personally I would recommend you instead employ the 288-ARKM-B20 "Kaiser"; with sufficient adjustments, that hull can prove capable of tearing apart wreckage and clearing a path, as it were. Its size also enables far more flexibility, should your operation require that.
If you are still convinced on the employment of the Edison AM-333 "Hegemon" being your best option for fixing the Hounslow problem, however, I believe I can source one for you. It’ll likely be second-hand, though, and we’ll go through all the major systems to ensure you don’t have some breakdowns on the journey back to Bretonia.
I’ll fax you the costs once I’ve found a suitable one. If you’re convinced, that is.
V/R
HULL, ARIA
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, SALES DEPT, BRISTOL BAY STATION
I appreciate your concern in our choice of vessel, but I assure you our engineers have evaluated all the options available to us and have come up with quite the salvage plan. Depending whether or not I can source one, and the condition of it.
We'll be keeping the Edison AM-333 "Hegemon" outside of the field and using smaller vessels as tugs to ferry debris into acquisition range where the salvaging tools and processing plants that will have been fitted can take care of the materials involved. Our greatest concern is the heavily irradiated debris that is being caught in Planet Dover's gravitational forces, we've seen they can be somewhat erratic from our survey work that has been ongoing since the incident. Fear not, we do have an exceptional plan and are not just throwing our lot in with the first idea that came to mind.
We are still in the planning phases on how exactly to transport the vessel back to New London, given the top speed, I assume one of our crews will unfortunately get the short straw to fly her back.
So yes, we would like to go ahead with sourcing a Edison AM-333 "Hegemon" for us. When found and gone over, I assume we would arrange collection from Bristol Bay?
It's good to be working with with you again, Ms Hull. I look forward to your results.
I see. Well, it’s your insurance policies, after all. Just to be on the safe side, I’ll make sure engineering includes one of our EVA mining suits - a Bristol SPE-30B if you’ve ever gotten the brochure for those things - for the unlucky soul you have pilot the thing back. We’ve used it for radiation shielding before, even if it’ll be a pain to move around in, but they never said shipless mining was a comfortable business now have they?
I think I’ve located a Edison AM-333 "Hegemon" for your business, though. Bear in mind, it’s in Texas, so a part of that DSE operation to try and get those ships into salvaging the fields there. Something something, trying to lower crime counted for some tax writeoff deal, and that whole operation stopped basically before it even started. Too many Rogue and Hacker attacks, I think was the deal. You know it’s bad when the project lead is willing to chat with me, so I think I can get it for you on the cheap side of things.
Outer hull won’t be pretty, but these ships are the kind where you can just tear that part out and replace. Same with the engines, I imagine. On the plus side, she’s already notionally outfitted for what you’re imagining. Since they were doing it all for a tax writeoff, just don’t expect it to actually be top of the shelf gear, yeah?
I faxed the details on her to your account. Built in 630 AS and been through DSE, Ageira, Universal, back to DSE, then a stint with some Zoner group before it got repossessed, back to DSE…yeah, you get the picture. Don’t send anyone onto her who believes in ghosts, I think. They might get a little rowdy from not being in Liberty for a while.
V/R
HULL, ARIA
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, SALES DEPT, BRISTOL BAY STATION
She doesn't have to be pretty, just as long as she flies while not killing anyone, I'll be satisfied.
This vessel has quite the history behind her, with many noticeable instances. Might be needing two of those suits, one pilot and another to keep them company on the way home.
I'm moving a crew forward to Texas in light of this news, they should be there in a day or two, depending how the acquisition goes. I'll also ship some engineers out on an escort vessel, should the unthinkable happen and she breaks down on us.
Two suits it is, then. It’s always nice to have a spare person aboard, after all. I’ve no doubt that such a large vessel may need more than two hands to get underway without a good deal of rigging, and from what our engineers have said, they’re not too eager to try anything creative like that on a vessel intended for a client. I’m sure you understand their hesitancy to give you the option before they start anything of the sort.
They’re currently working on some engine problems with the ship. Something about the maneuvering systems not being calibrated properly for fine control work, which with a ship of that weight would be deadly on some of these routes. Once your crew arrives, if my engineers haven’t completed the repairs and inspection, they’ll coordinate to get the vessel ready for the transit. If your employees help in this, I’m sure a reasonable discount can be reached.
As to the ghosts - I don’t judge. Things can get spooky, and sometimes wrecks can talk. Bering has its share of those, same as New London.
V/R
HULL, ARIA
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, SALES DEPT, BRISTOL BAY STATION
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